Improvement in cooking-stoves



E. BUSSEY.

= Cooking Stove.

Patented Feb. I4, 1871.

ESEK BUSSEY, 0F

Thor, NEW YORK.

Letters Patent No. 111,811, dated February 14, 1871.

IMPROVEMENT IN CQOKING-STOVES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making of laine -To all whom tt may concern:

13e it known that I, EsEK BUssEY, of the city of '.lroy,A in. the county of Rensselaer and State of New York, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Reservoirs for Cooking-Stoves;

and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, reference being hereby had to the accompanying drawing, which is made'a part of this specification, and in which like letters of reference refer to corresponding consist in the u se ot' a copper or other sheet-metalreservoir placed in the rear of au ordinary cookingstove and surrounded in' whole or iu part by a jacket of cast-iron, made in one or more pieces, said jacket in all its parts coming in close contact with said reservoir, thereby protecting the same from breakage in transportation, and making atall times a safe and secure covering for said reservoir, substantially in the manner and for the purposes herein specified and set forth. i

It also consists in casting said cast-iron jacket or covering in two or -more pieces, and joining and fastening the same around said reservoir, as hereinafter described, whereby I am enabled to lessen the expense oi' making said jacket or covering, as hereinafter specified.

I will now proceed to describe the construction and Operation of my said invention so lthat others skilled in the art may manufacture and use the samc.

A, iigs. 2 and 4, represents the reservoir, which I design to construct ci' copper or any other sheet metal adapted to the purpose.

This reservoir I design to place in the rear of the stove, its front side coming in close contact with the rar vertical plate, covering the fines a a a, iig. 3.

f If desired a portion of this rear plat-e'may be re-v moved, as shown at iig. 3, whereby the water in said reservoir A can be more readily heated.

The cast-iron jacket or covering surrounding said reservoir is shown at B, figs. 1, 2, and 4 of accompauyiug drawing, and,- when mounted, fits closely around said reservoir, as shown at Igs. 2 and 4. l D, fig. 3, is a projecting flange or shelf,`cast upon the rear vertical plate c, and upon Vwhich the bottom of the reservoir A rests whenfmounted, as shown at tig. 2.

The objects and purposes of this cast-iron jacket B surrounding said reservoir are as follows:

A copper or other'shcet-metal reservoir placed in the rear of a cooking-stove, as herenbefore described, unless protected, would be liable to breakage, 'and in transportation would have to be packed separate; but lthis cast-iron jacket B aerds a substantial covering for said sheet-metal reservoir,` and at all` times protects said reservoir from breakage and allows of the same being mounted ready for use before transport-ation.

This jacket B I design to make of ordinary castiron, and in one or more pieces, as may'be deemed best; it is not strictlyv necessary that this jacket B should have a bottom, as' shown in accompanying drawing; and it also may be, if desired, cast with open-work, thereby reducing its weight and lessening the expense of making the same. The only object of this jacket is to protect the sheet-metal reservoir A, and this object might be accomplished by a simple network of cast-iron bars surrounding the same and being securely fastened to the main body of the stove.

closing said sheet metal reservoir A, is, of course, securely fastened to the back, top, orside plates of the stove by rivets, bolts, or other suitable means.

This jacket, or covering B` 'I have described as being made of cast-iron, which 'I prefer to use, as I regard it the best adapted to the purpose; but still heavy sheet-iron or other sheet metal might in some cases be used toadvantage.

Having thus described the nature, construction, and

January 14, 1871.

ESEK BUSSEY. 4Vilitnesses:

C. D. KELLUM,

CHARLES A. lillicmon.

This cast-iron jacket, closely surrounding andin- 

